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How To Track Females in the Family Tree Using the Children’s Records
Explore an unusual genealogy research strategy to find the females in the family tree. Elusive female ancestors may be hiding in their children’s records. Tracking down our female ancestors requires thinking “outside the box”. Always focusing on her may not yield our desired results. By taking our focus off of our female ancestor and shifting that focus to other family members and even friends in her life, we can be sure of exhausting all possibilities of finding her in the records. Today, we are going to focus on your elusive female ancestor’s children. Uh oh….I can see that questioning look on your face! Grab a cup of coffee or tea…
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How To Use Pre-1850 Census Records to Find Your Female Ancestors
Genealogy researchers can struggle to find female ancestors in pre-1850 census records. We are familiar with the US census records, and they are often some of the first records we search when looking at a family line. In those early census records, we pay more attention to the male ancestors listed. We (you can read that as “I”) can fail to see our female ancestors in these records. I used to dread the point in my census research when my ancestors preceded the 1850 U.S. census. (The truth is, I still do sometimes!) I especially dreaded those pre-1850 census records when I researched anyone other than the head of household.…
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You Suspect Your Ancestor Changed His Name – Now What?
Sometimes an ancestor changed his name. Genealogy tips for dealing with name changes in your family tree and finding that ancestor. It happens. Ancestors DID change their names sometimes. Perhaps they did not like their name. Perhaps they were tired of being confused with another person with the same name. Perhaps they needed to create a new identity or were hiding from the law. (Perhaps they wanted to confuse future researchers!) Whatever the reason, changing a family surname from the early 1900’s back was really quite simple. One just started using their new name of choice. Researchers are not likely to find a formal record for that name change.…
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Save Money Researching Genealogy – Many Options Are Free!
I am a coupon cutter, a seeker of discount codes, and a thrift store shopper. You might say I’m cheap. Let’s just say I’m frugal. (Sounds better, doesn’t it?) I’m no different when I research genealogy, but that does not mean I am not successful in my research. Genealogy research can be expensive. Subscription databases, travel to repositories, hiring research out…… I think we can all agree on that. But….. Genealogy research does not have to be expensive. Many free and low cost options are available for the researcher. I use many of these options myself. Save Money Researching Genealogy with Free and Low Cost Options This is not an…